Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire joins the Future of Money podcast live at Token2049 to share his thoughts on the current state and future trajectory of a range of digital assets, including stablecoins and CBDCs, and their impact on the global financial services sector. He also discusses Circle’s vision and the rollout of new regulatory and compliance frameworks in key jurisdictions.

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→ Insights into the global landscape of stablecoins and CBDCs

→ The impact of digital assets on financial services

→ Thoughts on various regulatory frameworks in key jurisdictions

→ Circle's global banking infrastructure for USDC services

→ Protocol expansion increasing across 16 blockchain ecosystems

→ Circle’s cross-chain transfer protocol for developers

Flare Networks co-founder Hugo Philion joins the show to discuss the potential of decentralized data in various industries, from finance and gaming to leveraging the latest innovations, from machine learning to oracles.

A must-listen episode if you're interested in bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3 and the development of native stablecoins and real-world asset protocols on decentralized networks.

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→ Overview of Flare Networks and its layer one blockchain running the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)

→ Discussion on Flare's decentralized data acquisition protocols for time series and deterministic data

→ Upgrades to the Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO) and their impact on scalability

→ Ensuring data accuracy and validator consensus on Flare Network

→ Future opportunities in DeFi, including AI integration and real-world asset tokenization

→ Comparison of Flare with other oracle protocols like Chainlink

→ The role of decentralized data in the future and potential challenges

→ Introduction of USDX, the first native stablecoin on Flare Network, and its integration with real-world assets

Everything you need to know about the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) that the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed and its potential impact on the digital assets ecosystem, from the legislative process behind FIT21 and the challenges of defining digital assets to the power dynamics between the SEC and CFTC, the role of LabCFTC, and the timeline for regulatory clarity.

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→ Key drivers behind the push for FIT21

→ How FIT21 creates clear lines of regulatory authority between the SEC and CFTC

→ Next steps for the bill after passing the House and what compromises or modifications will

need to be made to clear the Senate

→ The timeline for regulatory clarity for the digital assets ecosystem

→ The role of LabCFTC